Source: Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters
Russian authorities searched the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and three other prominent advocacy groups on Wednesday, part of a wave of hundreds of inspections that activists say is a campaign to silence criticism of President Vladimir Putin.
Tag Archives: Human Rights
Russian authorities search Human Rights Watch offices
March 27, 2013 – 1:20 pm
Civil society hung out to dry in global cyber espionage
March 4, 2013 – 7:09 pm
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune authored a new article in CircleID on the often overlooked dimension of cyber threats and cyber espionage: the targeting of civil society actors.
Sombath case a ‘blow’ to ASEAN
February 6, 2013 – 11:52 am
Source: Radio Free Asia
The “forced disappearance” of Lao activist Sombath Somphone is a blow to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), rights groups said Tuesday.
Iranian journalists in fear after arrests
January 30, 2013 – 12:03 pm
Source: The Guardian
The arrests of at least 15 journalists in Tehran over the course of three days this week, just a few months before the June presidential election, has come as a shock to members of the Iranian press.
First annual Access Innovation Awards prize winners announced
December 11, 2012 – 4:01 am
Source: Access Now
Access is pleased to announce the winners of its first annual Access Innovation Prize.
Surveillance malware targets UAE activist as exploit sellers implicated
October 11, 2012 – 1:25 am
Source: Tom Brewster, Tech Week Europe
A prominent activist from the UAE has been targeted by surveillance malware likely to have been created by an Italian company, with a French exploit seller implicated too, according to researchers.
Spyware leaves trail to beaten activist through Microsoft flaw
October 10, 2012 – 1:42 am
Source: Vernon Silver, Bloomberg
On a Monday in July, Ahmed Mansoor sat in his study in Dubai and made the mistake of clicking on a Microsoft Word attachment that arrived in an e-mail, labeled “very important” in Arabic, from a sender he thought he recognized.
Bahrain jails Arab Spring medics
October 4, 2012 – 2:25 pm
Source: Lindsey Walker, Asia Times
Human-rights groups reacted with condemnation following a ruling by Bahrain’s highest court on Monday rejecting the last appeals and upholding the convictions of nine medics for their role in the 2011 uprising in the capital Manama.
“Hungary is being held hostage by an outdated tyrant”
October 2, 2012 – 3:59 pm
Network surveillance devices discovered via Shodan
September 21, 2012 – 9:53 am
Source: Shawn Merdinger, Infosec Island
It’s no secret that Shodan has turned up some interesting findings over the past few years – everything from critical infrastructure devices, to VoIP phones, solar and wind farms, HVAC systems, even a online crematorium.
